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Jewish-Argentinian Activism in the Era of Political Violence

Adrián Krupnik of University of Potsdam kicked off our 2021 webinar series with a riveting history of Jewish-Argentinian activism. Chec...

My Voice Cuts Through the World: Jewish Anarchist Poetry and Historical Memory

On December 8th, 2020 Anna Elena Torres, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago, led us through a fas...

Anarcho-Judaism Part II

Check out the video below for the conclusion of our two-part Jewish anarchism series with Dr. Hayyim Rothman, author of No Masters But Go...

Talmud Torah as Radical Pedagogy

On October 24th, we were join again by Matt Plen, Chief Executive of Masorti Judaism UK, for a discussion on how Jewish education can be ...

San Francisco Passes "Overpaid Executive Tax" Law

In a brilliant and long-overdue move, the city of San Francisco, in which many of the newly-minted millionaires from Silicon Valley live,...

Anarcho-Judaism Part I

On November 19th, 2020, Dr. Hayyim Rothman led us in a captivating webinar on Jewish Anarchism. Check out the video below to hear more a...

Arab-Israelis Today

Batya Kallus (Israel Program Director at Social Venture Fund ) and Fida Nara Tabony (co-founder of Mahapach Taghrir) joined us on Novembe...

Martin Buber’s Ethics of the Moment

In this session we will study Martin Buber's public correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi. We will examine how Buber confronts Western Huma...

Relational Meetings: The Key to Relationship-Building Webinar

On September 22nd, Jeannie Appleman, Senior trainer and organizer at JOIN for Justice: Jewish Organizing Institute and Network, led us in...

Human Rights - A Legacy of the Holocaust Webinar

We were delighted to have Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director of Rene Cassin, lead us in a webinar on September 8th, 2020. Check out ...

Torah Lishmah: The Most Radical Jewish Concept of All Webinar

On September 1st, we were joined by Matt Plen, Chief Executive of Masorti Judaism UK for our webinar, Torah Lishmah: The Most Radical Jew...

Diversity in Action Webinar

Check out our Diversity in Action: Broad-Based Community Organizing Webinar with Father Leo Penta and Andreas Richter of the DICO - Germa...

Two New Pieces by JASS Director Jonathan Schorsch

Check out two new articles written by our director: "Green Spiritual Technologies: Putting the Anthropocene to Rest (One Day a Week)" app...

Black Lives Matter

Harriet Tubman Monument, Harlem I watch the still unfolding events in the United States with mixed emotions. On the one hand I am heartbr...

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In addition, the new site features this blog, which we plan to open up for writing by JASS faculty, alumni and invited guests.

"Dynamics of Identity in the Jews of Turkey: from Kayades to Avlaremos"

'Kayades' is a Ladino word meaning 'discretion', 'silence'. The Jewish community in Turkey uses this word as an expression of the community'

The Revolution of the Everyday - Martin Buber's Theo-political Critique of Revolution

21.01.20 18:30-20:30

Jewish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

26.11.19 18:30-20:30

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